Avenula pubescens, (Hudson) Dumort.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 211

1. A. pubescens (Hudson) Dumort. , Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 7: 68 (1868)

( Avena pubescens Hudson , Avenastrum pubescens (Hudson) Opiz , Arrhenatherum pubescens (Hudson) Samp. ).

Laxly caespitose, with short extravaginal stolons. Stems 30-100 cm. Basal leaves 10-30 cm x 2-6 mm, flat or conduplicate, soft, green, subobtuse, usually with long hairs, the margin very narrowly cartilaginous and smooth; sheaths of basal leaves closed nearly to the mouth, usually shortly hairy; ligule 0-5-1 mm and more or less truncate in basal, 5-8 mm and acute in cauline leaves. Panicle (6-)8-15(-20) cm; branches slender, more or less flexuous, 2-6(-9) at lower nodes. Spikelets usually pale green and white, with 2-4 florets; rhachilla-segments 2-5 mm, villous with hairs 3-6 mm; callus-hairs 2-3 mm. Lower glume l(-3)- veined. Lemma soft, weakly veined, denticulate at apex. 2n= 14 + 0-2B. Meadows, pastures and wood-clearings. From arctic Norway southwards to N. Portugal, C. Appennini and Bulgaria. Al Au Be Br Bu Cz Da Fe Ga Ge Hb He Ho Hs Hu Is It Ju Lu No Po Rm Rs (?N, B, C, W, E) Su.